Different Shot Types

We wanted to include different shot types in our video. This means that it will be an interesting and varied narrative for the audience to watch. By having a variety of shot types it creates different dimension to the film and keeps their attention. This post shows several screen shots that show a variety of shot types that we have used with in the video.



Master Shot: The master shots helped to show a whole scene and show a lot of information at once. We have also used them like an establishing shot as we wanted to keep the fast paced tempo of our video and not slow it down with several establishing shots. This helps to establish the setting and show the audience where they are.


Insert Shot - This shows what the character is looking at and allows the audience to see information that the character can see.


Close up: The close ups have been used to show a characters reaction as well as to keep diversity in the video.

High angle shot: This shot was used to create an interesting twist in the film. Often high angle shots work to make a person look like they have less power, this was not the case. We used it to show the characters in an interesting way. Also because we broke the fourth wall rule, as we had the characters interacting with the camera, this created a fun way for them to do it.



Over the shoulder shot: This shot was added to show another perspective in the video. We wanted it to show what other people were up to that day. By having the over the shoulder shot, that puts the audience into the action, it shows what other people are doing around town and helps to make the audience feel included.

Extreme close up: The extreme close up features a man playing the guitar. This works as it shows the detail of him strumming and reinforces the fact that it is a music video and we are focusing on music.

Outtakes.

This is part of our footage that wasn't used. In the post I will explain the reasons why.

This video shows several establishing shots that we took and ended up not using. We decided against using establishing shots because it broke up the fast paced affect that we wanted for the video. The other reason was because some of the shots weren't to the best standard that they could be and we felt that it would lower the standard of the video.

These shots weren't used because the framing wasn't very good. Although the footage is pretty fun and would have looked good in the video, the poor quality of the shot would have lowered the overall standard of the video.

This shows unused shots of the Bee's, we really liked these shots but they weren't used as there wasn't enough time in the video. We wanted to post these shots because we really liked how they turned out.

13/10/09

Today was spent editing more of the footage. We also spent time talking to our teacher and receiving feedback for our work. From the feedback we realised the ending of the film may look better with some sort of calm music to set the scene and to make the video more professional. We also learnt that the rest of the editing we have done, the start and middle is looking good. We explained to our teacher the idea of smoking at the start, from our discussion we realised that it may be a better idea not to include this is as it could seem like we are advertising or promoting smoking. As the video could influence young people we don't want to put this in the film and make Feeder seem as though they promote smoking. This feedback allowed us to see what we are doing right and what needed work.

Updated via blackberry.

Editing

The editing process allows us to see what shots are good and what were a waste. It also allows us to see if our original ideas will look as good as we thought.

During editing we realised that the overall idea of the film should become more of a structured narrative. Instead of focusing on one person and filming them going to different places we decided to change the story into the idea of the girl filming a day in her life. This idea ties in well the song as the title is Just A Day.

By using different editing techniques we are able to add a 'REC' onto the filming. This means that we can show when the girl is filming by having the record 'REC' button layered over our footage and when she isn't we can leave that off.

We planned for the film to be in reverse and start with the morning after. Instead we are doing it the other way round but we are still putting the film into reverse because we really like that idea and the effect that it creates is really fun. The original opening scene that we planned will now be the ending.

As we have changed the start of the film we thought the original ending would be a good idea to begin with but after talking we new that we needed to make our new idea clearer to the audience. The opening will now be a girl smoking and then someone coming up to her and taking them out somewhere fun. When they leave the girl will grab a camera and start filming, this will show the audience that it is from her perspective. We changed the original idea to smoking instead of bubbles because we thought smoking appealed to an older generation. As there are many 'fun' shots in our video we needed to make sure we still have the target audience in mind. This will help to make it relevant and appealing to them.

Filming

During filming several problems came to our attention. First of all we realised that we wouldn't be able to shoot all the scenes that we had planned, there are several reasons for this.

Firstly health and safety issues arose. We couldn't film all of the skate scenes from the angles that we wanted because that would have but us and the boarders in danger of injury. This was because the layout of the skate park was different to what we originally thought. Secondly the scene in Rotherham where washing up liquid was to be put into the fountains didn't take place because it could be classed as an act of vandalism. Fortunately someone earlier that day had already done this, so we took advantage of this and filmed what we could with the bubbles.

During filming some of the cast didn't show. This meant we couldn't film a wide variety of people which we originally wanted. Even though this happened we filmed what we could and got some good shots from it.

As we filmed we came up with more ideas. For example in Rotherham there was a blow up slide, teacup ride and a bed in a shop. Even though we didn't plan for any of these shots we thought they would be a good addition to the film as they match the aesthetic and feel we want to create.

With some of the filming not going to plan and other ideas emerging our storyboard is slightly changing. We still want to stick to the originally concept but we will be adding different scenes that go better with the music and create a better over all look.

Production Schedule

We decided to do the filming during the holidays as this allowed us to spend a full day in each location, this meant that we would be able to film everything that we needed.

This was the plan that we followed.

Pre-Production Schedule

These are the pre-production schedules that we followed. This enabled us to see what we needed to do and if we had all the planning that we needed to do done. It also meant that we stayed on time so we could film during half term which we planned.

Setting - Pictures

These are photos of the places we are filming in. The skate park has been chose, as it's one of the largest skate parks in Sheffield. This set is perfect for filming, because it is covered in graffiti, and fits perfectly with the urban connotations of a teenagers hang-out. Also, clearly this is a place where skaters and bikers like to practice, and so Claire and I plan to ask permission from them, to film them as they ride.

We have also asked permission from a friend of ours, in order to use his flat for filming the ending of our video. His flat is covered with posters, and is clearly a 'student' flat, as it is full of alcohol bottles and clothes, therefore we decided it would be perfect as it fits the idea of the aftermath of a party. The flat works really well to create the mise-en-scene that we want in our video. It represents youth, nights out and is slightly alternative in style which is the effect we want.